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The qualification race continues for Russia and Finland

Russia and Finland beat their respective opponents and their qualification will be determined in the final window on February. The Russians dominated Czech Republic (which has...

USA edged Uruguay, secured their ticket to the World Cup

A 6-22 run in the last six minutes of the game gave the United States the victory over Uruguay (70-78) and the qualification to...

Argentina dominated Mexico, earned qualification to the World Cup

Argentina rallied past Mexico at home (85-71) and secured their ticket to the 2019 World Cup in China. The hosts claimed their ninth win in...

Turkey qualified to the World Cup, despite loss to Montenegro

In spite of being defeated by Montenegro on the road (71-66), Turkey became the seventh European team that advanced to the World Cup. Although they...

Poland rallied past Italy, remained alive in the qualification race

Poland dominated Italy in the first and the fourth quarter and claimed an easy victory (94-78) to come closer to the qualification to the...

Croatia lost to Lithuania, came closer to elimination

Thanks to a dominant performance in the first and the third quarter, Lithuania decimated Croatia (79-62), which is now close to being eliminated. The hosts...

Spain survived Ukraine, officially qualified to the World Cup

Spain edged Ukraine at home (72-68) and became the sixth European team that secured its place in the FIBA World Cup. It was a close...

No Bourousis and Giannopoulos for Greece against Serbia

Greece have already qualified to the World Cup, so Giannis Bourousis and Charis Giannopoulos will not play against Serbia. The Greeks defeated Germany at home...

France secured its place to the 2019 FIBA World Cup

France rallied past Czech Republic on the road (65-79) and became the fifth European team that officially qualifies to the World Cup. The visitors had...

Greece maintained its perfect record in the FIBA WC Qualifiers

Thanks to another high-scoring performance, Greece prevailed over Germany at home (92-84) and remained undefeated in the FIBA WC Qualifiers. A 22-13 run in the...

Israel defeated Serbia, remained alive in the qualification race

Thanks to a 24-14 run in the fourth quarter, Israel beat Serbia at home (83-74) and retained its chances to qualify to the World...

Argentina decimated Team USA, reached the top of Group E

A 23-8 run in the third quarter was enough for Argentina to dominate USA (80-63) and climb on top of the standings. Although the visitors...

Italy beats Lithuania, comes closer to the qualification race

Italy prevailed over Lithuania at home (70-65) and came one step closer to the qualification to the World Cup. The hosts were in front by...

Ukraine eliminates Slovenia from the 2019 World Cup

Ukraine decimated Slovenia at home (82-54) and eliminated the 2017 EuroBasket champions from the FIBA World Cup. Thanks to a 36-16 run in the second...